Mr. Nelson Winning His Ex-wife's Heart
Chapter 43

Chapter 43

Chapter 43 Early Quitter

A call from Luka came through.He asked Chelsea about the outcome of her meeting with Edmund.

"Mr.Pierce, due to some unavoidable reasons, I wasn't able to discuss anything with Mr.Nelsontonight," Chelsea said without mincing words.

"What happened?" Luka asked with concern.

Although Chelsea was obligated to report what happened during the meeting, she couldn't tell Lukawhat happened in detail.She was ashamed to say that Diane showed up out of nowhere just whenEdmund reached out to give her pieces of tissue to wipe off the coffee stain on her clothes.

Such a scenario would make it seem like she was in a love triangle with Edmund and Diane.It wouldalso seem like she was coming between the couple yet again.

After pondering about it for a while, Chelsea finally said, "Oh, it's nothing.I have just been thinking,Mr.Pierce.Considering that I have a past with Mr.Nelson, I shouldn't have gotten involved in theproject.Please I would like you to replace me with someone else.I'm more than willing to hand over mywork to the replacement once you replace one."

Luka hazarded a guess immediately.He asked, "Let me get this straight.Are you saying you want toquit?"

"Sort of." Chelsea readily admitted.She had been willing to work on the project even though Edmundwas involved.

But as the insults and mockery she received earlier that night flashed in her mind, she was fed up anddecided to quit before things got out of hand.It was no news that Edmund and Diane were tying theknot soon.

Chelsea didn't want to be in the news as the woman who was standing in the way of theirlove.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм As a result, she wanted to make sure tonight's occurrence didn't repeat itself.

"Okay, I see." Luka’s voice lowered to a grumble.

Without saying anything more, he sighed and hung up the phone.

Edmund was in Yusuf's bar at this time.He came here after dropping Diane off.

The night was far spent, but he was yet to have dinner.

Yusuf asked his staff to prepare dinner for him.He then kept Edmund company in a VIP room afterasking a waiter to bring him a bottle of wine.He drank alone, without offering his friend even as little asasip.

"Hey, aren't you going to pour wine for me? I came to your bar to drink.Why aren't you treating mewell?"

Edmund blew a short fuse when he saw that Yusuf poured himself a glass and set the bottle of wine byhis side.

"Sorry, pal.I don't have any wine to give you tonight.Chelsea's return reminded me that you usuallyhave stomach troubles.What you need now is food, not alcohol.So, let me drink in peace."

Yusuf knew that his friend constantly had stomach upset.

The only time Edmund didn't experience stomach upset was while he was married to Chelsea.He hadstayed away from alcohol and eaten right for three years, so Yusuf forgot about it until recently.

Yusuf knocked his forehead in regret for a while.He then said, "lam sorry for allowing you to drink a lotin the past year.I should have known better."

Edmund, who was already sad, became depressed when he heard his ex- wife's name.He couldn'thelp thinking that Chelsea was currently unhappy because of what happened earlier that night.Heregretted not shutting Diane up when she hurled insults at Chelsea.

Now, he badly wished he could turn back the hands of time.It was when Edmund was plummeting intoan abyss of regret that Luka’s call came through.He came to his senses and answered the callimmediately.

"Edmund, I don't know what transpired between you and Chelsea tonight.But I just called to tell youthat I don't think our cooperation can go on," Luka said in an unfriendly tone.

Edmund frowned deeply.

"What! What do you mean by that?"

"Chelsea wants to quit the project.She's an asset to the production team.If you want us to continuecooperating, you need to appoint someone to represent you during the project."

Luka expressed that Edmund wasn't welcome without mincing words.Edmund was furious.

"Chelsea said she wants to quit?"

"Yes, she did," Luka answered truthfully.

Edmund lost it.He grunted and threw his phone to the wall.What the hell was wrong with Chelsea? Howcould she quit wilfully just because she experienced something unpleasant? Why was she so quick-tempered now? And when did she become such an early quitter?